New N. Korean Missiles Said to Threaten U.S. (Reuters)

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New N. Korean Missiles Threaten U.S.
from Moonie bought Submarines

New N. Korean Missiles Threaten U.S.
from Moonie bought Submarines 08/04/2004 01:12 PM
New N. Korean Missiles Said to Threaten U.S. North Korea is deploying new land- and sea-based ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads and may have sufficient range to hit the United States, according to the authoritative Jane's Defense Weekly. In an article due to appear Wednesday, Jane's said the two new systems appeared to be based on a decommissioned Soviet submarine-launched ballistic missile, the R-27. It said communist North Korea had acquired the know-how during the 1990s from Russian missile specialists and by buying 12 former Soviet submarines which had been sold for scrap metal but retained key elements of their missile launch systems. Jane's, which did not specify its sources, said the sea-based missile was potentially the more threatening of the two new weapons systems."It would fundamentally alter the missile threat posed by the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and could finally provide its leadership with something that it has long sought to obtain -- the ability to directly threaten the continental U.S.," the weekly said... Ian Kemp, news editor of Jane's Defense Weekly, said North Korea would only spend the money and effort on developing such missiles if it intended to fit them with nuclear warheads. "It's pretty certain the North Koreans would not be developing these unless they were intended for weapons of mass destruction warheads, and the nuclear warhead is far and away the most potent of those," he told Reuters. btw: The subs were a gift from the Reverend Sun Myung Moon

Militants Threaten to Kill Korean
Hostage in Iraq (Reuters)

Militants Threaten to Kill Korean
Hostage in Iraq (Reuters) 06/21/2004 02:57 AM
Reuters - Muslim militants in Iraq threatened to behead a South Korean hostage by Monday night unless his country scrapped plans to send 3,000 more troops -- a demand rejected by Seoul.

Iraqi Militants Threaten to Behead South
Korean (Reuters)

Iraqi Militants Threaten to Behead South
Korean (Reuters) 06/20/2004 07:06 PM
Reuters - Iraqi militants threatened on Monday to behead a South Korean hostage within 24 hours to try to stop Seoul deploying 3,000 troops to northern Iraq, according to a videotape aired on Arabic television station Al Jazeera.

Iraqi Militants Threaten to Behead South
Korean

Iraqi Militants Threaten to Behead South
Korean 06/21/2004 01:17 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 21 2004 4:32AM GMT

Israeli Missiles Kill Senior Hamas Man,
Two Others (Reuters)

Israeli Missiles Kill Senior Hamas Man,
Two Others (Reuters) 05/29/2004 07:25 PM
Reuters - Two missiles fired by an Israeli helicopter killed a high-profile Hamas militant commander on his motorcycle and two comrades in Gaza City early on Sunday, Palestinian witnesses said.

Israeli Missiles Kill Four West Bank
Militants (Reuters)

Israeli Missiles Kill Four West Bank
Militants (Reuters) 05/02/2004 03:25 PM
Reuters - Israeli missiles killed four Palestinian militants in a strike on a car in the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, Palestinian medics and officials said.

Israeli Helicopters Fire Missiles on
Gaza-Security (Reuters)

Israeli Helicopters Fire Missiles on
Gaza-Security (Reuters) 07/25/2004 02:13 PM
Reuters - Israeli helicopters fired two missiles at a target in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood after dark on Sunday, Palestinian security sources said.

Police threaten ski jumping ban in sex
equality row (Reuters)

Police threaten ski jumping ban in sex
equality row (Reuters) 02/12/2004 10:11 AM
Reuters - Norwegian police have threatened to outlaw a men's ski jumping event unless women were also allowed to take part.

Dusty tourists threaten delicate David
(Reuters)

Dusty tourists threaten delicate David
(Reuters) 01/03/2005 09:52 AM
Reuters - Custodians of Michelangelo's David are thinking of blasting air at dusty, sweaty tourists to stop them sullying the Renaissance sex symbol.

Kidnappers Threaten Bulgarians, Filipino
in Iraq (Reuters)

Kidnappers Threaten Bulgarians, Filipino
in Iraq (Reuters) 07/09/2004 03:13 AM
Reuters - Militants in Iraq held a Filipino and two Bulgarians under death threat on Friday to press demands for Manila's troops to go home and for prisoners to be freed.

"Las Vegas" plans threaten Blackpool
donkeys (Reuters)

"Las Vegas" plans threaten Blackpool
donkeys (Reuters) 05/11/2004 05:12 AM
Reuters - Donkey rides on Blackpool beach are threatened by plans to turn the quintessentially British seaside town into a Las Vegas-style gambling resort, local people say.

Swiss Champions Threaten to Swap
Allegiance (Reuters)

Swiss Champions Threaten to Swap
Allegiance (Reuters) 01/27/2004 11:31 AM
Reuters - Four top Swiss snowboarders, including a 2002 Olympic champion and a 2003 world champion, are threatening to swap their nationality to the United Arab Emirates in a bid to attract financial support.

Two Tropical Storms Threaten Caribbean,
Gulf (Reuters)

Two Tropical Storms Threaten Caribbean,
Gulf (Reuters) 08/10/2004 08:52 AM
Reuters - Tropical Storm Charley was born in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, joining Tropical Storm Bonnie as twin threats to the Caribbean region and the southern U.S. coast.

Badgers threaten Stonehenge burial sites
(Reuters)

Badgers threaten Stonehenge burial sites
(Reuters) 08/08/2004 08:28 PM
Reuters - Determined digging by badgers living near Stonehenge's 5,000-year old circle of megaliths is damaging ancient archaeological artefacts and human remains.

Kidnappers Holding 7 Hostages Threaten
to Kill One (Reuters)

Kidnappers Holding 7 Hostages Threaten
to Kill One (Reuters) 07/29/2004 08:25 AM
Reuters - Kidnappers holding seven foreign truck drivers hostage in Iraq threatened to kill one of them Friday if they received no response to their demands.

Iraq Militants Threaten to Kill
Bulgarian Hostages (Reuters)

Iraq Militants Threaten to Kill
Bulgarian Hostages (Reuters) 07/08/2004 05:34 PM
Reuters - Militants in Iraq threatened in a video tape broadcast on Thursday to kill two Bulgarian hostages within 24 hours unless U.S.-led forces freed prisoners.

Clashes Threaten to Reignite Shi'ite
Rising in Iraq (Reuters)

Clashes Threaten to Reignite Shi'ite
Rising in Iraq (Reuters) 08/05/2004 10:53 PM
Reuters - Followers of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shot down a U.S. helicopter on Thursday in the Iraqi city of Najaf and two were killed by British troops in Basra in clashes that threatened to reignite a Shi'ite uprising.

Iraqi Militants Threaten to Kill
Captured U.S. Marine (Reuters)

Iraqi Militants Threaten to Kill
Captured U.S. Marine (Reuters) 06/27/2004 08:46 PM
Reuters - An Iraqi militant group issued footage Sunday of a man it said was a captured U.S. Marine and threatened to behead him, further heightening tension ahead of the June 30 formal handover of sovereignty.

Pricey Parts Threaten Profits of New
Game Machines (Reuters)

Pricey Parts Threaten Profits of New
Game Machines (Reuters) 05/20/2004 07:09 AM
Reuters - Videogame giants Sony and Nintendo, gearing up to launch hotly anticipated handheld gaming devices, face a shortage of key parts, which could crimp profits and sales of the rival products when they hit stores later this year.

Iraqi Militants Threaten to Kill British
Hostage (Reuters)

Iraqi Militants Threaten to Kill British
Hostage (Reuters) 08/13/2004 03:59 AM
Reuters - Iraqi militants kidnapped a British journalist in the southern city of Basra and threatened to kill him if U.S. forces did not pull out from the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf in 24 hours, witnesses and a video tape showed on Friday.

Iraqi Gunmen Threaten to Kill US,
Pakistan Hostages (Reuters)

Iraqi Gunmen Threaten to Kill US,
Pakistan Hostages (Reuters) 06/27/2004 04:25 PM
Reuters - Militants have kidnapped a U.S. Marine and a Pakistani driver in Iraq and are threatening to behead them unless Iraqi prisoners are freed, Arab television reported Sunday.

Militants Threaten to Kill 3 Turkish
Hostages in Iraq (Reuters)

Militants Threaten to Kill 3 Turkish
Hostages in Iraq (Reuters) 06/26/2004 10:23 PM
Reuters - Militants loyal to suspected al Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi threatened on Saturday to behead three Turkish hostages unless Turks stopped working with U.S.-led forces in Iraq, days before a formal transfer of power.

Iraqi Rebels Seize, Threaten to Kill
Najaf Police (Reuters)

Iraqi Rebels Seize, Threaten to Kill
Najaf Police (Reuters) 09/10/2004 10:34 AM
Reuters - An Iraqi rebel group has seized four Iraqi policemen in Najaf and threatened to kill them unless police agree to stop hunting insurgents and pressuring rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Al Jazeera television said Friday.

Korean poets deployed to "Tokto"
(Reuters)

Korean poets deployed to "Tokto"
(Reuters) 04/04/2005 10:17 AM
Reuters - Poets have read patriotic verses as a ferry rocks violently offshore islands that South Korea and Japan both claim in a bitter territorial dispute.

Boeing Says Korean Air to Use Its
Internet Service (Reuters)

Boeing Says Korean Air to Use Its
Internet Service (Reuters) 04/26/2004 03:53 PM
Reuters - Korean Air plans to offer Boeing Co's high-speed in-flight Internet service beginning in 2005, the U.S. aircraft maker said on Monday.

About 10 Others Held with S.Korean in
Iraq-Report (Reuters)

About 10 Others Held with S.Korean in
Iraq-Report (Reuters) 06/21/2004 02:57 AM
Reuters - Militants in Iraq are holding about 10 foreigners as well as the South Korean businessman they have threatened to behead, the businessman's company president told Yonhap news agency on Monday.

EBay Says to Buy More Shares of Korean
Peer (Reuters)

EBay Says to Buy More Shares of Korean
Peer (Reuters) 08/31/2004 10:45 PM
Reuters - Internet auctioneer eBay Inc. said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy $325 million worth of shares of South Korean online trading peer, Internet Auction Co. Ltd, raising its ownership to 86 percent from 62 percent.

S.Korean, Texas Oil Man Charged in UN
Scandal (Reuters)

S.Korean, Texas Oil Man Charged in UN
Scandal (Reuters) 04/14/2005 04:23 PM
Reuters - A South Korean at the center of an influence-peddling scandal in Washington in the 1970s and a Texas oilman have been charged in two separate federal cases involving bribes and kickbacks in the scandal-plagued U.N. oil-for-food program, U.S. authorities said on Thursday.

An Appeal by 365 Korean Organizations to
the Iraqi Group Holding a Korean
National

An Appeal by 365 Korean Organizations to
the Iraqi Group Holding a Korean
National 06/21/2004 04:29 AM

Following open letter is from an OhmyNews article that encouraged wide distribution.  I don't agree with the content but I think the letter reflects the view of a small yet growing and increasingly vocal part of Korean population so here it is:

An Appeal by 365 Korean Organizations to the Iraqi Group Holding a Korean National

We appeal for the release of the Korean national Kim Seon Il.

Today the Korean people were overcome with shock at the news the Korean Kim Seon Il has been kidnapped in Iraq. His seizure and the threat against the life of this private citizen is already a source of unspeakable sadness for his family and the Korean people. This sadness and shock is the same for the many Koreans who have opposed the United States' unjust invasion and the deployment of Korean troops to Iraq.

The Korean people are well aware of the fact that the US invaded Iraq for domination and oil, and not for the freedom and peace of the Iraqi people. We know also that the US occupation of Iraq has denied the Iraqi people their sovereignty and that there have been widespread human rights abuses by US forces there, leading to Iraqi pain and loss of life. For this reason we have done all that is humanly possible to prevent the deployment of Korean troops, as they will in no way contribute to the peace and security of the Iraqi people.

The kidnapping and threatening a private citizen with death, however, will not contribute to Iraqi peace. The Iraqi people are right to resist the US's unjust invasion, occupation, and carnage. Nevertheless, kidnapping and threatening a private citizen with death cannot be justified. Doing so will only lead to a vicious cycle of blood and revenge.

Again we make an earnest appeal. Please make your claims known through dialogue and release Kim Seon Il to his family as he is of no relation to government policy.

21 June 2004

Seoul, Korea

Korean Network Against Dispatching Troops To Iraq

U.S. Urges N.Korean Response on Nuclear
Weapons (Reuters)

U.S. Urges N.Korean Response on Nuclear
Weapons (Reuters) 07/23/2004 06:14 AM
Reuters - The top U.S. disarmament diplomat said Friday North Korea should follow Libya's example and make a strategic decision to scrap its nuclear weapons programs before the U.S. presidential election in November.

U.S. Delegation Visits N.Korean Nuclear
Complex (Reuters)

U.S. Delegation Visits N.Korean Nuclear
Complex (Reuters) 01/10/2004 04:59 AM
Reuters - A U.S. delegation has visited North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex, the first time outsiders have been allowed into the plant since U.N. inspectors were expelled a year ago.

Scientists Describe Korean Cloning
Breakthrough (Reuters)

Scientists Describe Korean Cloning
Breakthrough (Reuters) 02/12/2004 11:29 PM
Reuters - South Korean scientists described on Thursday how they cloned several human embryos and extracted valuable stem cells from one, and said their achievement showed an immediate need for a global ban on cloning to make babies.

S.Korean Hostage in Iraq Wins More Time
(Reuters)

S.Korean Hostage in Iraq Wins More Time
(Reuters) 06/22/2004 07:21 AM
Reuters - Militants threatening to behead a South Korean hostage in Iraq unless Seoul pulls troops out of the country have agreed to give more time for talks on his fate, an Iraqi mediator told Reuters Tuesday.

Iraq Group Threatens to Behead S.Korean
Hostage - TV (Reuters)

Iraq Group Threatens to Behead S.Korean
Hostage - TV (Reuters) 06/20/2004 05:27 PM
Reuters - An Iraqi group has threatened to behead a South Korean hostage if Seoul does not end cooperation with U.S. occupying authorities, a videotape aired on Arabic television station Al Jazeera said Monday.

Rice Meets S.Korean Leaders on N.Korea,
Iraq (Reuters)

Rice Meets S.Korean Leaders on N.Korea,
Iraq (Reuters) 07/09/2004 08:22 AM
Reuters - U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice promised North Korea a wide range of benefits if it dismantled its nuclear programs, saying the aid would bring the impoverished nation into the international community.

Militants Decapitate South Korean
Hostage in Iraq (Reuters)

Militants Decapitate South Korean
Hostage in Iraq (Reuters) 06/22/2004 10:13 PM
Reuters - Militants beheaded a South Korean hostage in Iraq on Tuesday after Seoul refused their demand to withdraw its troops and scrap plans to send more.

Cheney Urges More Aggressive China on
N.Korean Crisis (Reuters)

Cheney Urges More Aggressive China on
N.Korean Crisis (Reuters) 04/14/2004 03:48 AM
Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney, armed with new evidence over North Korea's weapons capabilities, told China on Wednesday it was critical to move forward aggressively to end the North Korea nuclear programs.

South Korean kimchi statistics hard to
swallow (Reuters)

South Korean kimchi statistics hard to
swallow (Reuters) 06/01/2004 04:10 AM
Reuters - South Korea got a pungent lesson on globalisation this year, when imports of kimchi -- the garlicky, fermented cabbage dish synonymous with its cuisine -- surpassed exports for the first time, officials say.

New S.Korean Cell Phone Lets Parents
Track Kids (Reuters)

New S.Korean Cell Phone Lets Parents
Track Kids (Reuters) 07/28/2004 04:13 AM
Reuters - Parents in South Korea will now be able to track their children by using a device in a new mobile phone that has been designed for kids. SK Telecom Co. began selling Wednesday colorful cell phones with antennas that look like human ears and a built in tracker using the global positioning satellite (GPS) network.
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